Stop flip flopping jesus [expletive]ing christ. Enough with the damn excuses Dwight and Gasol weren't playing. It's not like anything is gonna change when they come back. We just desperately need to win some games.

Dwight Howard is one of the best players in the league. Best big in the game. Of course he'll change things.

I believe we could do very well if we could somehow pull off a trade like this. http://espn.go.com/n...tradeId=b3oc6edA bench with Wall Jordan Budinger Morris Clark Meeks Blake Duhon Jamison Hill (next year) will give us a lot of depth on our bench.

I believe we could do very well if we could somehow pull off a trade like this. http://espn.go.com/n...tradeId=b3oc6edA bench with Wall Jordan Budinger Morris Clark Meeks Blake Duhon Jamison Hill (next year) will give us a lot of depth on our bench.

Phill Jackson used to give each of his players a book to read. I think for the Lakers now the best book for the lakers is Henry V by Shakespeare. It talks alot about camaraderie and over coming huge odds. Below is an excerpt that i think fits the attitude we need to have for this part of the season.

"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more,Or close the wall up with our English dead.In peace there's nothing so becomes a manAs modest stillness and humility;But when the blast of war blows in our ears,Then imitate the action of the tiger;Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage..."

The benchmark to make the playoffs is probably going to be around 48 wins for any team in the Western Conference. We're currently sitting at 16-21 after this win against Cleveland, so for the rest of the season we'd need to go 32-13 to reach that mark. Our margin of error is quite slim if we have any postseason aspirations.

Hopefully we make a move real soon that jolts us forward into a winning streak to put us right back into the race.